M4.4 earthquake 20 km SE of Iquique, Chile
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck 20 km SE of Iquique, Chile on Sun, Sep 16, 2018, 10:32 AM GMT-3 (13:32 UTC), 46 km (29 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M5.0 78 km NNW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 4.4 (mb, body-wave), light
- Magnitude from
- USGS National Earthquake Information Center
- Local time
- UTC
- 2018-09-16 13:32:25 UTC
- Depth
- 46.0 km (28.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 20.353° S, 70.028° W
- Region
- Chile
- Felt reports
- 2
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
2 people reported to the USGS what they felt; the strongest reported shaking was V, moderate shaking.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 6.3 km horizontally, 4.7 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 96°
- Stations used
- 44
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 5.078 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2934 days ago · 63 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 3
- 4.388 km E of Iquique, Chile · 2922 days ago · 88 km deep · 76 km away · felt by 1
- 3.964 km NNW of Iquique, Chile · 2898 days ago · 49 km deep · 84 km away
- 4.481 km W of Iquique, Chile · 2888 days ago · 10 km deep · 98 km away · felt by 1
- 4.794 km NE of Iquique, Chile · 2887 days ago · 87 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 5
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us2000hfgv. Read Fri, Oct 2, 2026, 4:38 AM UTC.